Here are the screenshots of the WEC2013 platform builder installations steps.

Mount the ISO file which is downloaded above. Click on the Begin Install. Accept the License agreement.

Now enter the product key which you got from the MSDN subscription site or the Evaluation key.

By default the WEC2013 Platform builder tools installed in the C:\(OS default Directory).But we can change the directory of the source code install. For that we need to choose “Custom Install” and browse the directory where you want to install the development source code.

As we had choose “Custom Install” it will show the option of components which needs to be installed.

Gseries ->This BSP is for the AMD G-Series processor based development kit.

ARM BSP

TI_SDP44XX-> This BSP is for TI OMAP4470(Dual Core Cortex A9 MP) Blaze Tablet 2 Development kit with the support of Symmetric Multiprocessing.

To get hands on with the tools and OS we can take CEPC BSP and deploy it on VirtualPC.

After installing the WEC2013 PB, open the Visual Studio 2012.Select File–>New Project–>Platform Builder–>OS Design. Avoid using spaces in the naming and path of the OSDesign.

We will evaluate the OS with the help of VirtualPC,so we have to select the “Generic CEPC:x86” from the BSP list.

Moving to the next wizard will show us the pre-defined templates which will help us to create OS design quicker. Here we can select the “Win32 and WinForms UI Device”.

From this WEC2013 release Microsoft had removed the “Standard shell” with the start button on the left corner of the Taskbar. Also in this WEC2013 they had given “Minimal Shell” with the source code using which we can develop our own shell.

Click finish and compile the OS using “Build –>Advanced Build Commands–> Sysgen” in either Checked or release mode.

During build time we can setup the VirtualPC in order to deploy the compiled nk.bin.There are few articles available online to setup the VirtualPC for WEC7.The same procedure is followed for deploying the WEC2013 OS.